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Abstract
Pneumonia is an inflammation and consolidation of lung parenchyma. The aim of the current br study was to determine the impact of implementing protocol of care for childhood pneumonia br on nurses’ knowledge and practice. Subjects - Methods: A quasi-experimental study was br used and carried out at pediatric wards of EI-Nasr, Port Said General, and Port-Fouad General br Hospital s. The subjects were comprised of 44 nurses and 25 children with pneumonia. The br data was collected using an interview questionnaire sheet to assess nurses’ knowledge and br observational checklists to assess nurses’ practice as well asa data sheet of children with br pneumonia. Results : The study’s results indicated that more than half of them had an average br knowledge scores level before application of the protocol; but immediately after br implementation of the protocol, a vast majority of the studied nurses had good level; br meanwhile after 12 weeks (follow up), three-quarters of them had good level. Regarding br nurses’ level of practice( I 00%)of the studied nurses had poor level in pre test; while in post br test the majority of them (84%) had good level regarding their level of practice and after 12 br weeks as a follow- up 95 .5%of them had average level. Conclusion: The study’s results br concluded that the designed protocol of care regarding childhood pneumonia had highly br statistical significant differences in the studied nurses’ knowledge and practice. br Recommendations: The study recommended that periodic refreshing training courses should be provided to nurses in -#111;-#114;-#100;-#101;-#114; to keep them up to date in knowledge and practice regarding br care of childhood pneumonia.